Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-08
THE RESULT A SWEEPING DEMO-
CRATIC VICTORY.
All Of the Officers Except the Treasurer
and Two COnstables Democratic.
The UnterriiIed Jubilant, while the
Republicans take their Defeat as n
Matter OF Course.
Some OF the Incidents of the COntes
TOWN OFFICERS ELECT.
CITY OF MINERAL POINT.

Tuesday so far as the Office of mayor
affair" The democrats held their eau
Gus on Saturday evening, and placed
crat and able expounder of the consti-
tuition Judge Montgomery M. Cothren.
He was not present at the caucus, but
when called on to lead the democratic
forces he knew only to go forward, and
consented to make the race. The re-
publcans held their caucus on Mon
day evening and pressed the nomina-
ton upon DIR. w. l.. Tallman, who is
a son-in-law of Judge Cothren, the
democratic nominee, but is also a
staunch republican, of the Frank His
cock type, and would like nothing bet
ter than to achieve a republican victory
by defeating his much respected father
in-law. The great danger of his own
defeat did not deter him from making
the race, and he entered the contest in
apleasant, good natured spirit, which
did not forsake him even when the
result was announced declaring the
democratic member of the family
elected by majority of forty-three
votes.
For superintendent of Schools the
democrats nominated Il. w. Sylvester,
ut present n member and clerk of the
school board. This nomination was
so eminently proper that an attempt
was made in the republican caucus to
endorse Mr.. Sylvester, or to let the
nomination go by default. A strong
party feeling, however, prevailed in
the caucus, and Z. Allen, Jr., was
nominated for the position, in spite of
his protest that he was not candidate.
Destinations were rather the order of
the evening in the republican camp;
but after considerable effort nearly
full ticket was made up, to be sup
ported at the polls, on the day follow
ing.
Tuesday opened fine and pleasant
for election day, and the contest for
ballots was rather quiet and unexciting.
With few exceptions the candidates
did little or no canvassing and but few
workers were to be found on the
streets. The greatest amount of work
was done for the offices of treasurer
and constables. Christopher Day, re-
publican candidate for constable in
the second ward, doing the liveliest
work of any candidate upon either
ticket. So far rs treating and setting
EN- up for the boys is concerned, it
was probably the dryest election ever
held in Mineral Point. That such was
to be the case was plainly manifest for
some days previous; and it is said that
number of chronic voters for internal
revenue only, reading the signs of
of the times Alright, left the city in
disgust on the early train on Tuesday
morning. There was no systematic,
effective work done by either side, and
the contest progressed during the day
in quiet, friendly and good natured
spirit
On the question of releasing the
bondsmen of Robert Sharp, late city
treasurer, public sentiment was very
strongly in favor of the bondsmen,
and was SO recorded by the ballots
cast; which was 30S in their favor
with IS against.
Late in the afternoon ripple of ex-
element was caused by the announce
ment that members of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union had de-
cided to go to the polls and assert their
right to vote under the crude and
vague state law giving women the
right to vote on school matters. The
meaning of this law is not very clear
and it is claimed by some of the law
yers that if il gives women the right
to vote on the election of school super
intendent it also gives them the right
10 vote for any city Office directly or
indirectly connected with the schools;
and SO ii was thought that for once
some of the women of Mineral Point
might enjoy the doubtful privilege of
exercising nearly the full right of suf-
frage. However it was decided to draw
the line on school superintendent; and
when the ladies appeared at the polls
in the first ward they were allowed to
deposit their ballots for that officer.
But the inspectors and clerks of cleo
ton were so completely taken aback
at the fair politicians that they did not